Thursday, January 1, 2015

Leelah Alcorn passed away recently. She was a tormented soul
who had lived through religious shame and coercion. She was denied her right to
exist by her family and then cut off from her support networks.

Leelah saw no way out, which is so unfortunate. I wish she
could have seen what I see in her selfie.

She was young and beautiful with so
much potential. But Leelah couldn’t see that it seems. A couple years on HRT
and she would have been just another girl in the crowd. But the messages of
hatred and shame were far too much. Instead of hearing that she was loved, she
was shamed for being different.
Her parents and the church have Leelah Alcorn’s blood on their hands.
The worst part is that there is no scriptural basis for the shame they heaped
on their daughter. There is nothing in the scriptures that justify the trauma
they put Leelah through.

We need to change society. We need to pass Leelah’s law.
Leelah’s law would outlaw the practice of reparative therapy.
Not one more!
Please go to the following website and sign the petition to enact Leelah’s Law.

“Leelah Alcorn, born Joshua Alcorn, was a 17
year old transgender teenager who killed herself on December 27, 2014. In her
suicide note, she explains how her parents pulled her out of school, put her in
Transgender Conversion Therapy and isolated her in an attempt to change her
gender identity, and that this is what lead her to suicide.

Many mental health institutions such as
American Association of Pediatrics, have talked about the dangers and
ineffectiveness of conversion therapy for gender identity, and others have
called upon therapists to stop using the practice all together. We ask that
Transgender Conversion be banned at least for minors, as it is unnecessary,
dangerous, and not the proper treatment for gender dysphoria.”